Re: let ALTER TABLE DROP COLUMN drop whole-row referenced object

> On Sep 9, 2025, at 11:12, jian he <jian(dot)universality(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
> hi.
> I found a new way to solve this problem.
>
> CREATE TABLE ts (a int, c int, b int
> constraint cc check((ts = ROW(1,1,1))),
> constraint cc1 check((ts.a = 1)));
>
>
> ALTER TABLE ts DROP COLUMN a CASCADE;
> will drop above all indexes, constraints and policies on the table ts.
> <v2-0001-ALTER-TABLE-DROP-COLUMN-drop-wholerow-referenced-object.patch>

I agree we should delete those constraints and indices on the whole row, otherwise, with cc (ts=ROW(1,1,1)), once a column is dropped, it won’t be able to insert data anymore:

```
evantest=# insert into ts values (2, 3);
ERROR: new row for relation "ts" violates check constraint "cc"
DETAIL: Failing row contains (2, 3).
evantest=# insert into ts values (1, 1);
ERROR: cannot compare record types with different numbers of columns
```

But v2 needs a rebase, I cannot apply it to master.

Best regards,
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Chao Li (Evan)
HighGo Software Co., Ltd.
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